Austin Mitchell

So are you going to be able to bring that inside?

So are you going to be able to bring that inside?

Right, so that's why I wonder if they're going to even let our phones in.

Right, so that's why I wonder if they're going to even let our phones in.

Let's see what they say for now.

Let's see what they say for now.

So GLAAD parked a truck outside of the New York Times building that says, Dear New York Times, stop questioning trans people's right to exist and access to medical care.

So GLAAD parked a truck outside of the New York Times building that says, Dear New York Times, stop questioning trans people's right to exist and access to medical care.

When you went, how long were you in Amsterdam and what did you see while you were there? I was only there for about a week. So it wasn't like a tremendous amount of time. But I sat in with Analu doing several assessments, like psychiatric assessments. And I sat in with the team, you know, while they discussed cases because they would thoroughly discuss every single case before they did anything.

When you went, how long were you in Amsterdam and what did you see while you were there? I was only there for about a week. So it wasn't like a tremendous amount of time. But I sat in with Analu doing several assessments, like psychiatric assessments. And I sat in with the team, you know, while they discussed cases because they would thoroughly discuss every single case before they did anything.

And the team was,

And the team was,

You know, I was just sitting there like, you know, wide-eyed, like, okay, trying to soak it all in as much as I could.

You know, I was just sitting there like, you know, wide-eyed, like, okay, trying to soak it all in as much as I could.

The Dutch were very, very strict with who they allowed to start hormones. And so I remember talking to Ana Lu after some of the assessments that I sat in on and asking, you know, why she wasn't like approving hormones for this kid, where from what I could tell, the mental health issues were really directly tied to the gender dysphoria. And it seemed like that would really help.

The Dutch were very, very strict with who they allowed to start hormones. And so I remember talking to Ana Lu after some of the assessments that I sat in on and asking, you know, why she wasn't like approving hormones for this kid, where from what I could tell, the mental health issues were really directly tied to the gender dysphoria. And it seemed like that would really help.

But they, you know, were just following a very, very strict protocol. And that's really, that's what helped me... figure out what to do back in the U.S., like when I came back to Boston.

But they, you know, were just following a very, very strict protocol. And that's really, that's what helped me... figure out what to do back in the U.S., like when I came back to Boston.

Right. Yeah, I absolutely could not replicate it because, first of all, they had a lot of mental health people, you know, and one endocrinologist, you know, it was like just very, very heavy mental health component. And I was one person with like four hours a week devoted to this. Like, so, you know, there was no possible way that I was going to be able to. Yeah. Yeah.

Right. Yeah, I absolutely could not replicate it because, first of all, they had a lot of mental health people, you know, and one endocrinologist, you know, it was like just very, very heavy mental health component. And I was one person with like four hours a week devoted to this. Like, so, you know, there was no possible way that I was going to be able to. Yeah. Yeah.